And I am here to exercise my freedom of choice...
This was prompted by discussions in mecurtin and cesperanza journals.
I have never f-locked a post. Mostly because I just don't care who sees my posts. I almost locked this one.
I am not comfortable talking about politics. I don't vote along a party line and my ballot usually ends up looking like abstract art. Above a local level I don't like most of the choices I have, but I usually make the best of it and pick the least offensive.
I am kind of surprised at the McCain /Bush comparisons because the conservatives really don't trust him all that much. He leans a little too far over the left-right line for many of them. I had considered Obama, but I worry about taxes. We can't afford to pay any more for anything. I have watched my gas and grocery budget turn into the equivalent of snack money. Dems will raise taxes.
So I was torn. Then McCain chose Palin as his VP and made the decision for me. Sarah Palin SCARES me. I never ever thought I would say that. I mean yes, I joke about Ann Colter and Hilary Clinton being scary but it is a joke. Palin actually makes my stomach hurt.
Seriously, the level of entitlement is mind-boggling. I have no problem with an anti-abortion stance. It is an extremely emotional issue and I respect both sides. But there is a difference in 'I don't support abortion" and "women WILL have babies, no matter what the circumstances because I know best."
I have a 13yr old daughter and a nine month old daughter. Before I had the baby I was much more pro-life than pro-choice. After a dangerous pregnancy I have completely changed how I view abortion.
I was very lucky. We have excellent insurance, my Dr and nursing staff were amazing and we have a large network of family and friends that helped us while I was stuck in bed. I am very priviledged. So is Palin. Many women are not so lucky.
I can imagine being single, or having young children or needing to work, or not having a job or not having insurance or the hundred other factors that would turn my type of pregnancy into an impossibility for someone else. I can imagine it, but Palin apparently cannot. That scares me. No women should have to sit in an office and justify why she needs an abortion.
I chose to continue my pregnancy and Palin wants to take that choice away. But beyond that, she seems to want to take even the choice to not get pregnant at all away.
I don't particularly like that a very small number of women use abortion as birth control. I think it is irresponsible. But if the alternative is letting someone like Sarah Palin decide who gets to have one and who doesn't I will firmly support any and all women's right to have one whatever the reason.
My apologies to everyone tired of politics but this has been bothering me for a while.
I have never f-locked a post. Mostly because I just don't care who sees my posts. I almost locked this one.
I am not comfortable talking about politics. I don't vote along a party line and my ballot usually ends up looking like abstract art. Above a local level I don't like most of the choices I have, but I usually make the best of it and pick the least offensive.
I am kind of surprised at the McCain /Bush comparisons because the conservatives really don't trust him all that much. He leans a little too far over the left-right line for many of them. I had considered Obama, but I worry about taxes. We can't afford to pay any more for anything. I have watched my gas and grocery budget turn into the equivalent of snack money. Dems will raise taxes.
So I was torn. Then McCain chose Palin as his VP and made the decision for me. Sarah Palin SCARES me. I never ever thought I would say that. I mean yes, I joke about Ann Colter and Hilary Clinton being scary but it is a joke. Palin actually makes my stomach hurt.
Seriously, the level of entitlement is mind-boggling. I have no problem with an anti-abortion stance. It is an extremely emotional issue and I respect both sides. But there is a difference in 'I don't support abortion" and "women WILL have babies, no matter what the circumstances because I know best."
I have a 13yr old daughter and a nine month old daughter. Before I had the baby I was much more pro-life than pro-choice. After a dangerous pregnancy I have completely changed how I view abortion.
I was very lucky. We have excellent insurance, my Dr and nursing staff were amazing and we have a large network of family and friends that helped us while I was stuck in bed. I am very priviledged. So is Palin. Many women are not so lucky.
I can imagine being single, or having young children or needing to work, or not having a job or not having insurance or the hundred other factors that would turn my type of pregnancy into an impossibility for someone else. I can imagine it, but Palin apparently cannot. That scares me. No women should have to sit in an office and justify why she needs an abortion.
I chose to continue my pregnancy and Palin wants to take that choice away. But beyond that, she seems to want to take even the choice to not get pregnant at all away.
I don't particularly like that a very small number of women use abortion as birth control. I think it is irresponsible. But if the alternative is letting someone like Sarah Palin decide who gets to have one and who doesn't I will firmly support any and all women's right to have one whatever the reason.
My apologies to everyone tired of politics but this has been bothering me for a while.